08-20-2013, 07:53 PM
[#0000FF]Hadda do something in Deer Valley late this morning so thought I would hit Jordanelle early and then take care of bizness. Prolly shoulda stood in bed, but it was a nice morning for whatever...besides yard work.
Had trouble finding the lake in the dark. They're moving it...further and further away from parking and launching. Gettin' dericulous.
Clear and calm at 6:30 launch. Air temp just under 60 and water temp 67. Both starting to drop. Fine with me. Now if there will still be some water left for late fall action....
I was mainly on a perch search. Started by fishing a tandem tube jig rig from shallow (6') to deep (up to 20'). Didn't see anything on sonar for a while after leaving the PWC ramp. Finally saw a couple of perchie blips in about 14' and got some dink perch to start the day. Several dinks later, I finished the day...as far as perch were concerned. Couldn't find any more anywhere...and nothing over about 7".
I worked around the brushy west side of the area and was amazed there were not even any perchlets. Only a couple of dink smallies about the same size as the perch. Fished all around the quarry area and a ways further toward the dam. Shallow to deep...around trees...offshore from brush piles. Nuttin' but a few more smallettes.
Headed back to fish the area around the PWC launch a bit more before I had to get off the water. A couple more small smallies. Hadn't seen much trout action on top and not much on sonar as I cruised back to home base. But shortly before I got back across to the ramp I made a cast with a spinner toward a surface swirl and had an arm wrenching battle with a footlong "finless Freddie". Yeah, right. A solitary slimer to make 3 species of dinks for the day.
One thing about school being back in session is that Tuesdays are more like Tuesdays than Saturdays. Very quiet out on the lake. Only a couple of paddleboarders and scull boats. No wakes and no noise. I can deal with that.
I noticed that autumn is on the way by the changing colors on the hillsides. Still not the bright colors we will see next month but definitely starting.
It was good I got back to the ramp and got my tube out of the water when I did. It was being taken over by the NEW power squadron...paddle power. A couple of guys came down right after an older couple trudged their boards down that long ramp. Silly.
It was evidently the old gal's first attempt at paddleboarding and she was whimpering and whining a lot...just trying to get on the board. I was sure there would be a "moment" to be captured on my camera. But alas, the old coot told me to put my camera away. "You never know where it might end up" he says. I replied "Might win you a lot of money on Funniest Videos." Grunt, mumble. I was going to make the comment that most of the ladies I got to photo on paddleboards were a bit younger and purtier...with skimpier swimwear. But I din't.
The good news...for them...is that she finally stood up and shakily paddled off across the blessedly calm waters. Hope Mama Nature din't kick up a fuss before they got back to the ramp.
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Had trouble finding the lake in the dark. They're moving it...further and further away from parking and launching. Gettin' dericulous.
Clear and calm at 6:30 launch. Air temp just under 60 and water temp 67. Both starting to drop. Fine with me. Now if there will still be some water left for late fall action....
I was mainly on a perch search. Started by fishing a tandem tube jig rig from shallow (6') to deep (up to 20'). Didn't see anything on sonar for a while after leaving the PWC ramp. Finally saw a couple of perchie blips in about 14' and got some dink perch to start the day. Several dinks later, I finished the day...as far as perch were concerned. Couldn't find any more anywhere...and nothing over about 7".
I worked around the brushy west side of the area and was amazed there were not even any perchlets. Only a couple of dink smallies about the same size as the perch. Fished all around the quarry area and a ways further toward the dam. Shallow to deep...around trees...offshore from brush piles. Nuttin' but a few more smallettes.
Headed back to fish the area around the PWC launch a bit more before I had to get off the water. A couple more small smallies. Hadn't seen much trout action on top and not much on sonar as I cruised back to home base. But shortly before I got back across to the ramp I made a cast with a spinner toward a surface swirl and had an arm wrenching battle with a footlong "finless Freddie". Yeah, right. A solitary slimer to make 3 species of dinks for the day.
One thing about school being back in session is that Tuesdays are more like Tuesdays than Saturdays. Very quiet out on the lake. Only a couple of paddleboarders and scull boats. No wakes and no noise. I can deal with that.
I noticed that autumn is on the way by the changing colors on the hillsides. Still not the bright colors we will see next month but definitely starting.
It was good I got back to the ramp and got my tube out of the water when I did. It was being taken over by the NEW power squadron...paddle power. A couple of guys came down right after an older couple trudged their boards down that long ramp. Silly.
It was evidently the old gal's first attempt at paddleboarding and she was whimpering and whining a lot...just trying to get on the board. I was sure there would be a "moment" to be captured on my camera. But alas, the old coot told me to put my camera away. "You never know where it might end up" he says. I replied "Might win you a lot of money on Funniest Videos." Grunt, mumble. I was going to make the comment that most of the ladies I got to photo on paddleboards were a bit younger and purtier...with skimpier swimwear. But I din't.
The good news...for them...is that she finally stood up and shakily paddled off across the blessedly calm waters. Hope Mama Nature din't kick up a fuss before they got back to the ramp.
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